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I have asthma and I wouldn't smoke at all, then one day(it was a bad day) I started. (note, I am not a chain smoker, only 3 smokes a day is a stressful day, 2 is average for me) but yes, since I started, its gotten much better. I think it's because the nickiteen is stimulating my airway, but that's me. I in no way promote smoking, don't do it if you can help it. other peoples thoughts?

I don't think it's the nicotine. I've never heard of cigarettes helping asthma, but I know smoking weed helps asthma for some people--this is known to the point where in California they will give you a medical card if you tell them you have asthma.

Actually, my Mum has asthma, and the doc told her menthol in cigs would help. It works for her for the same reason they claim it's the worst type for the rest of the population, menthol basically seizes the airway, but for asthmatics, it helps because it usually seizes it open during the inhale, giving them a few hours of easier breathing. So OP, try menthol.

Part of it is probably because when you smoke you take deeper breaths than normal. And as mentioned before menthol helps open the airway.

I'm guessing that if you did breathing exersizes comparable to how you breath when you smoke then you'd see an improvement from that aswell. Smoking also relaxes you so that might have something to do with it also.

Either way, in moderation I don't think smoking is as bad as the Truth comertials would have you believe. I honestly doubt that 3 cigs a day ever gave anyone lung cancer that wasn't going to get it anyways (yes, it is possible to get lung cancer even if you don't smoke! Gasp!). Anyways... whatever works.

Wow...same thing happened to me. About the time I started smoking, my asthma went away. I didn't smoke menthols, but clove cigarettes.

Weird that someone else noticed the same thing.

I hope you're considering the long term effects of smoking, and that everyone around has to breathe it in if you go near them.

I have heard this before. The theory is that the smoke heats up and relaxes the airways while the nicotine works as a stimulant. The problem is that smoking aggravates the underlying causes of asthma thus making the asthma worse over time. The more you smoke the worse your asthma will get, but you won't notice until things are really bad because it appears to act as a temporary instant solution. Also, if you are smoking as a stress solution the same theory applies. Smoking makes you feel ok about what is stressing you, but it neither solves the problem nor teaches you long term stress management techniques the way mediation, yoga, or excersize would.

it could in part be due to the anaesthetics they put in pre rolled cigarettes to mak it not hurt. no joke.
i kinda doubt it is that if you only smoke 2 on an average day.

I just want to add, in case you weren't joking, that a smoke a day may keep the inhaler away, but it also brings on the oxygen tank.

well, i aint proud of smoking. but i do know all that you just said before me